Delight Yourself In the Lord!

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This is the Truth Network encouraging prayer, God offers an open invitation for his people to talk with him at any time about anything encouraging prayer Dr. James Banks, author of the best-selling and many other books on prayer provides weekly for insight help you learn to mom and now find yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37 four tells us what is it mean that Sargon talk about today on encouraging prayer. So James, I love this verse because it really is a promise from God. But it's also one that can easily be misinterpreted to mean that God will give you whatever you want and that's not exactly what he saying is it really mean so much more, but sometimes we hear folks talk about this verse feel like you're hearing the fine print that occurs after you nonmedical ad on TV with her talking really fast. You mean like this product may be known to cause liver damage and absolutely horrible side effects and some adults. The only reason I'm saying is, the FDA makes us do it.

And don't worry about it because I'm reading so fast that you're not supposed to hear it. I notice is saying God will give you the desire of your heart really need not because God; going to give you exactly what you want. There are certain stipulations that you have to be sure to meet before that is even possible while theologically in contextually that may be all correct. Robbie, I agree. I think it's coming at it from the wrong angle because it makes it really all about us up with the emphasis on right. It really is about God who he is and how he will do what exactly is a matter fact, the very next verse in Psalm 37 Says Commit Your Way to the Lord and he will do that she will make you a righteous reward shine like the dawn, so yeah thing will live for him. Be committed to him. That's only the beginning. So let's talk about what this looks like you live it out in our relationship with God lighting yourself and him to enjoy him to save her him to be in his word to be in prayer to live in love with him. If we pursue a lot of things in this world you know well status pain. We may not ever get them, but if we pursue God. He promises to be found by us. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart tells us in Jeremiah 2913 and Jesus said seek his kingdom and his righteousness. Hebrews 11 six tells us is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him and all of this, you could look at that UK will you have to do this you have to do the seeking, but if you place your emphasis there you'll spend so much time looking at yourself that you won't really be enjoying this very point of it. It's like dancing while counting the steps coming or going out dancing exactly looking to hear him let our hearts be caught up in an old story but Amanda found out how to make gold from mod, stirring it with a stick sitting outside his cottage every day doing that and after a while people saw what was happening. And of course they started to mimic him.

They followed in the same place.

To get the same night. They use the same kind of clay bowl and took their sticks from the very same tree, but at the end of the day. He had a pot of gold at all they had was my only don't understand, they say, what work for.

Unless he thought about it for a moment and then he said well is one thing while you're doing it. You must never think about the gold ship.

I guess he just likes to stick with that God himself is our first best reward we think about what we will get for pursuing him were really missing the joy of it, but because he is good. He also loves to bless us. Again, the question is where our hearts in all of this with the blessing or with so James, let's talk about how to sort this out practically well that that's where prayer comes in feeling you'd say that encouraging prayer broadcast to write. Just think of it this way.

There is something you really desire from God, go to him with it. But as you do put before them and say father is this what is best or you have something different, something better in mind and It's hard to do. You know, because we want something so much, but if we give our desires over to God and letting working them through a spirit then something wonderful happened. So the question becomes what does God let them think through that before him, not just in a single setting. You know Scripture talks about waiting on the Lord very frequently so go to him over a period of days, even weeks, sometimes even years asking to change your heart to direct you in whatever ways he wants just abiding human and draw your life from him. It's amazing how not only do our our minds change, sometimes when we do this, but also how things may take shape. So the point is you're putting him first, and basically playing help me want to what you want on yes but that doesn't mean again that you stop wanting your your desire may even remain the same but what I found is that God is never in a hurry. For example, I was about 14 I had a strong desire to write Christian devotional books but the book signed up writing were very different from what I ever thought they would be the first God gives you the desire that he shakes it along the way.

It wasn't until I was over 40 things really began to happen with that but but looking back I can still say while God honestly did give me my hearts desire. First he gave me the desire and then and then he fulfilled it in and if it starts with him. You know that's that's how it works so true. I can see a similar thing in my own heart, but the last big campus I went out on the calmness I was thinking I was praying about trying to see an old or something along those lines. And like you said he's not a hurry, so all of a sudden he just started playing with me in any started showing me things actually in my mind that were like what that come from and they were colors and beautiful things and I realize that he was showing me there was so much to the picture that I wasn't saying yeah and and all of the Scripture and to the point that we serve a God who loves us and really wants to be our hearts desire. Most of all, and if you have that you have him enjoy him. You really do have all you need for ever and ever a man. Let's close things today with a prayer that we will father thank you so much better than we know ourselves and so we do pray that you would help us to get in those places where you were.

We give you the time to begin to show us things and and and show us things that are desires. We may not be aware of that you would take us down past of the light that really are unspeakable and were so excited to go on that journey with you as you guide into the desires of your heart that we really don't even know his name I pray, hear more from Pastor James by visiting the website James Banks.org or by visiting these church in Durham, North Carolina. May God bless you and encourage you to pray. This is the Truth Network